Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

Xu Ming saw the boy extend his fingers towards him. He didn't know why, but he felt like something happened, though he wasn't sure what.

He again looked up and found the boy sitting back on his original position.

"Will you be my friend like Icy?" The boy asked with a smile.

Xu Ming wanted to reply, but before he could do anything, the dream broke.

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Xu Ming slowly opened his eyes and noticed that he was inside a moving vehicle.

The first thing he saw was the boy that was sitting in front of him.

He also realized that there was a person right beside him.

"Who are you?" He let out softly.

"You're already up? Amazing, I thought that you were seriously injured. Looks like it was nothing major" Jay said.

The girl was visibly surprised as she saw Xu Ming speak

"Injured?" Xu Ming muttered as he touched his chest and to his surprise, he found out that he was somehow healed. He couldn't feel the least bit of pain on his chest.

'H-how is this possible?' he thought with a frown on his face.

'Is this something related to the dream? Or did these people give me some medicine?' He wondered.

Since the girl looked older, He decided to talk to her instead. 

"Did you give me any medicine or something?" He asked straightforwardly.

"No, We don't have any medicine that can cure internal injuries. That's why we were taking you with us. Fortunately, it looks like we were wrong. You don't have an internal injury," She replied with a slight smile.

"Oh," Xu Ming gave a dull reaction. 

Now he was sure that it was because of that dream, but he couldn't understand how. Just who was that kid in his dream? How could he do all this?

"Hey, little brother. Did you kill that evil cultivator yourself?" The boy inquired.

Xu Ming realized that they must be talking about Xiang Feng. He simply nodded his head.

"Amazing. Just as I had expected. Here, I think these things belong to you," Jay said as he gave Xu Ming both the beast bags and the swords.

Xu Ming kept those things with him but he didn't place any of that in his storage ring since he didn't want to disclose the existence of his storage ring.

"Where am I right now?" Xu Ming inquired.

"We're inside the Xiayi Kingdom. We're going to our clan. If you don't mind, we would appreciate it if you could be our guest for a few days," The girl said.

"Anyways, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Ling Xin and he's my brother Ling Jay. We're the members of the Ling Clan in the capital city of Xiayi. Although our clan is not that big, it's not poor either. Our Father really likes the brave warriors that fight against evil cultivators. He would be really happy to meet you," The girl said as she introduced herself and her clan.

Since his destination was also the capital city of Xiayi Kingdom, he decided to utilize this opportunity. 

He thought that he might even be able to find some information about the Glorious Sword Sect from them.

"Also, My name is Xu Ming. You can call me that," he said.

"That's a nice name. Which kingdom are you from and where were you going?" Jay asked.

"I am sorry, but I can't answer either of those questions," Xu Ming shook his head as he said.

"Stop asking such stupid questions, Jay. We just got to know him. Don't get so personal. Also, it's not like he's an evil cultivator. There's no need to interrogate him like that," Xin scolded Jay.

"But I was just trying to get to know him," Jay insisted.

"No excuses. Apologize to him. Don't make our guest uncomfortable," Xun replied to him in full seriousness.

"Sorry. I shouldn't have asked personal questions," Jay apologized. He thought that Xu Ming didn't want to talk about his personal life and he didn't want to be rude.

"It's alright. It's just that my master told me to not disclose too much about myself to people I don't know properly," Xu Ming replied and made an excuse.

"Do you know that the biggest sect of our Xiayi Kingdom is in the capital as well. It's called the Glorious Sword Sect. The sect rewards those who manage to kill evil cultivators. Since you killed one, would you like to go there? We brought the body of that evil cultivator as well. You can use that as proof," Xin suggested.

Xu Ming couldn't help but wonder about her suggestion. His mission was to kill 2 disciples of the Glorious Sword Sect after all.

'If I could get close to the sect, it would be easier to select a target, but I'd come under their watch as well. They would definitely ask me about my sect. I better keep myself hidden for the moment,' Xu Ming decided after thinking for a while.

"I'd prefer to burn the body and take the badge of that evil cultivator to my sect. That would be more beneficial for me,' Xu Ming said.

"Oh right. You'd get quite a lot of contribution points for this I guess," Jay responded.

"Also, I would very much appreciate it if you don't tell people about me. Don't tell anyone that I killed an evil cultivator. I don't like too much attention. I can stay at your place, but only if you don't tell anyone that I killed an evil cultivator," Xu Ming said as he gazed at the girl in full seriousness.

"Can we at least tell our father? He's the patriarch of our sect and he would be really happy to meet a hero like you. I promise you that he would respect your wishes and not disclose any information about you," Xin said.

"Alright. But no one else," Xu Ming responded.

"I promise," Xin said as she looked in Xu Ming's eyes.

After traveling for half a day, the carriage finally reached its destination.

Sun City was the place where the royal palace was situated. This city had quite a few sects and clans. It was said that the city had only two major clans, the Ming Clan and the Lu Clan.

Ling Clan wasn't one of the top clans of the Sun City, but it wasn't weak either. If all the clans were to be ranked, the Ling Clan would be considered a 6th rank clan.

The clan had many properties in the kingdom. Their main mansion was also quite big.

A long stone wall surrounded the clan mansion. There was a single door for entrance in the boundary wall. If one were to walk, it would take them 20 minutes to get from the main gate to the mansion.

The carriage entered the place and stopped right before the mansion.

They all got out of the carriage.

"Leave the carriage here. I'll send a servant to bring that body to father," Xin told the carriage driver.

"Come with me," she respectfully told Xu Ming as she entered the mansion.

Xu Ming walked with her and entered the place. The first thing he saw after entering was a big hall. There were various hallways that led to different locations of the mansion and a beautiful designer staircase at the end of the hall.

Xin brought Xu Ming to the second floor. They led him towards the study room of his father. They knew that other than his bedroom, their father mostly spent their time in the Study Room.

As they were walking, a mature woman came from the opposite side. The woman looked like she was in her 40s. Her face was heavily covered by makeup.

"Xin? Why did you bring a beggar here?" The woman stopped before them and asked as she looked at Xu Ming.